explicação
/ɐjʃ.pli.kɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“explicação” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,076. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,076
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - razão (de uma coisa, de uma atitude, etc.)
Corpus desk
Index PT-explicacao · explicação · Portuguese
explicação · rank #3,076 · 13 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,076
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH expansão
Nearest frequency peer: expansão (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “explicação”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- equipamento
equipamento
96,929 corpus weight
- europeus
europeus
96,928 corpus weight
- exame
exame
96,927 corpus weight
- expansão
expansão
96,926 corpus weight
- explicação
explicação
96,925 corpus weight
- fila
fila
96,922 corpus weight
What this shows “explicação” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | explicação |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐjʃ.pli.kɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #3,076 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “explicação”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around explicação (IPA /ɐjʃ.pli.kɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,076 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for explicação, with forms such as "epxlicação", "exlpicação", and "expilcação". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "exploração", "expiação", "expiração", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is explicação, spelled E-X-P-L-I-C-A-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1razão (de uma coisa, de uma atitude, etc.)
- 2justificação, esclarecimento
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epxlicação
- exlpicação
- expilcação
- explciação
- expliacção
- explicaãço
- explicaçoã
- expliccação
- explicçaão
- expllicação
- expplicação
- exxplicação
- xeplicação
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of explicação - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "explicação", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).